Okowa tasks FG on Delta education model to end the stalemate FG has done enough for varsities, minister insists Govt to meet VCs, and councils on September 6 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, received some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in his office, where he called for urgent action to address dwindling […]
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The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has convened a meeting with the vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and management of Federal universities in line with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The meeting is expected to hold on September 6, 2022, at the NUC secretariat in Abuja. This was convened in […]
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Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday, said the governors were on a felicitation visit to the vice-president as he recovered from the leg surgery done in July. The vice president expressed his appreciation to the […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has done much for the education sector, especially, to the universities, which should enable the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reconsider its position on industrial strike. Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, said this in a presentation to the Senate Committee (Tertiary Institutions and TETfund) during […]
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University teachers under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have said that their declaration of indefinite strike after over six months of warning and roll over strikes, was meant to save public universities. In a statement, late Monday night, by its President, Emmanuel Osodeke, the union said that it was compelled […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Government over its response to its demands and declared a “comprehensive, total and indefinite” strike. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President made this known in a statement issued at the end of the Union National Executive Council (NEC) emergency meeting on Tuesday in […]
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Photo: Twitter Nigerians on social media have reacted furiously at the comments made by Bashir El-Rufai, a son of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, after he described the Academic Staff Union of Universities as a ‘useless union’ that should be dissolved and replaced with educators who care about students. This comes after […]
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University of Ibadan The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike in Nigeria. A source within ASUU confirmed that an extension of the strike was the resolution of a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking university lecturers. He did not, however, disclose how long the union extended the […]
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Ondo State Government has debunked a report forbidding teachers from enrolling their children in private schools. In a statement titled: “Re-Akeredolu to Ondo teachers: It’s an offence to enrol your wards in private schools,” signed by the governor’s spokesman, Richard Olatunde, it said: “Our attention has been drawn to a news story making the round […]
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ASUU president denies calling state varsities quack The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will Sunday night/Monday morning decide on whether the union will continue its over six-month strike or not. ASUU commenced a nationwide industrial action on February 14 and has continued to extend it as there has […]
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